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Gbaji-

You are either in complete denial or you are a liar. Either way you have absolutely no credibility, so save your breath.

History will prove me right.

GFY you party hack.

Dunno. I think it's a sad statement about the world we live in when that's what passes for debate.


I think it's sad that you measure the effectiveness of an argument by verbosity.


I write several paragraphs detailing the relationship and why I believe one is directly related to the other.


Yes, and unfortunately, unlike anyone else on this board, I actually read that tripe.


I then post a link that supports my argument.


Yes a link from a radical pro-Arab anti-US whacko whose paper was posted to an obscure mailing list.

I can post links that support the argument that the Holocaust never happened. Doesn't mean people that believe that to be true aren't in denial however.

Boy, you really are slow, huh? There's still part of me that's convinced it's an act, but that part grows smaller every day.

No. I measure the effectiveness of an arguement based on how well the arguer uses facts and logic to suport his position.

You seem to use namecalling and nitpicking of irrelevancies as yours. How's that working out for you?



Here's another link to the same story.

Odd that a rabid anti-american would credit the US's policies with forcing Gaddafi to change his policies. You'd think he'd be yelling and screaming about the unfairness of it all, and how a loyal patriot to the cause has been unfairly singled out, or some other such garbage.

I also find it really intesting that you constantly harp on how the US perspective is so wrong with regards to the Middle East, and yet when I use a source that is from the region, you dismiss it out of hand. I guess it's ok to use Arabs as support when you can portray them as poor downtrodden people being oppressed by the evil US, but if one should say something you don't agree with, he's automatically "rabid".

Wow. Double standard much?




You talk about what you "could do" a whole lot Smash. How about you actually back it up this time?




Yup. Keep tossing out the namecalling Smash. You're proving my point for me. I'll say it again. Your methods impress the hell out of 10 year olds, and may even work on some readers on this forum (given the state of US education). They doesn't work on me. Try actually using real arguments sometime instead of always falling back on namecalling and "yelling".

Look, whatever makes you happy.

I'm at the point of humoring you here. I made it clear before that I wasn't intrested in debating an identical topic twice, linking the same source documents twice, and reading an idnetical reaction from you.

When something new happens in relation to Lybia, let me know and I'll be happy to go over it again and explain it to you again.

Untill then, whatever it is you think you're correct about, fine, whatever.

A paper written by a guy with a masters degree from American U, Cairo is the foremost expert on the subject and his word is gospel.

Holocaust denial is a viable historical theory and people who write papers supporting it are also experts and their word is gospel as well.

Your argument is uqually valid with that of holocaust denial.

Lol Whatever Smash.



Not true by a long shot. You made it abundantly clear that you were willing to argue the point right up until I challenged you to actually provide evidence to counter mine. Then you folded like a cheap lawn chair and started making excuses.

That you continued to argue the point sans-support is just more bizarreness from you. It's almost like you believed your lack of support was all the proof needed.

Can I make a suggestion? Next time, if you really don't feel like providing supporting documentation for your argument, it might be a good idea to not actually say something like "If you want, I can find X number of papers that support my position".

It just looks really bad to say that and then refuse to do it, don't you think?

hehe.



That's really funny. To me, the surest sign that someone on this board is losing an argument is when the start making fun of someone.

There's a sort of balance to that I think... ;)




I may just take you up on that. We'll see how thins are hanging in Jan.

I may just take you up on that. We'll see how thins are hanging in Jan.


Ok, let me know.

I'm actually quite charming and civil in person. Ask Totem.

Ok. Now I can't resist:



So you're saying that you believe that condoms are a sin? Heck. The official word on even timing sex to avoid fertile periods (yeah, gogo double entendre!) is that it's wrong since the purpose of sex is procreation.

There are a whole mess of things I disagree with the Pope on (I am a reformed Catholic after all). I'm reasonably sure that the war in Iraq is probably the only point that you agree with him on, and everything else you'd agree with me on.

But who's taking sides? He's got a really cool ride...

Maybe it hasn't sunk in yet, but I think you are wholly full of ****. I'd find more common ground with Joe McCarthy than with you.

Remember back in World War 2 when everyone was ******** about the economy? Back then people definitely voted with their wallets..... <cough>